Lagos cable car PPP

Overview:

• The Lagos State Government and Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) have awarded a 30-year PPP (public-private partnership) contract to Ropeways Transport to develop a cable car transportation system in Lagos to ease the city's commuter congestion problems. 
• The deal is being partially funded by a project finance facility from the Africa Development Bank. 
• Construction of the project began in September 2016. 

Ben Naylor - Regional editor